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Another quake hits

Another earthquake has shaken the earth’s crust off the coast of Vancouver Island.

The tremblor was recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey as a 4.1 magnitude event, with an epicenter in the same general area as Friday’s 6.4 event. The quake, which happened just after 4 a.m. Thursday, was 29.4 kilometres deep.

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